Zahid, Adnan and Ali, Sajid and Ahmed, Mukhtar and Iqbal, Nadeem
(2020).
Improvement of Soil Health through Residue Management and Conservation Tillage in Rice-Wheat Cropping System of Punjab, Pakistan.
Agronomy. 10
, 1844
[Research article]
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Abstract
In South Asia, soil health degradation is affecting the sustainability of the rice-wheat cropping system (RWCS). Indeed, for the sustainability of the soil quality, new adaptive technologies, i.e., conservation tillage and straw management resource conservation, are promising options. This investigation was focused on the interaction of tillage and straw management practices and their effects on Aridisols, Yermosols soil quality, and nutrients dynamics with different soil profiles within RWCS. The long-term field experiment was started in 2014 with the scenarios (i) conventional tillage (SC1), (ii) residue incorporation (SC2), (iii) straw management practices (SC3 and SC4) and conservation tillage (SC5). Conservation tillage practice (SC5) showed significant impact on properties of soil and availability of nutrients in comparison with that of conventional farmers practice (SC1) at the studied soil depths. The SC5 showed significant results of gravitational water contents (25.34%), moderate pH (7.4), soil organic-matter (7.6 g kg(-1)), total nitrogen (0.38 g kg(-1)), available phosphate (7.4 mg kg(-1)), available potassium (208 mg kg(-1)) compared to SC1 treatment at 0 to 15 cm soil depth. Whereas, DTPA-extractable-Cu, Mn, and Zn concentration were significantly higher, i.e., 1.12 mg kg(-1), 2.14 mg kg(-1), and 4.35 mg kg(-1), respectively under SC5 than conventional farmer's practices, while DTPA (diethylene triamine pentaacetic acid) extractable Fe (6.15 mg kg(-1)) was more in straw management practices (SC4) than conventional and conservation tillage. Therefore, conservation tillage (SC5) can surge the sustainability of the region by improving soil assets and nutrients accessibility and has the potential to minimize inorganic fertilizers input in the long run.
Authors/Creators: | Zahid, Adnan and Ali, Sajid and Ahmed, Mukhtar and Iqbal, Nadeem | ||||||
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Title: | Improvement of Soil Health through Residue Management and Conservation Tillage in Rice-Wheat Cropping System of Punjab, Pakistan | ||||||
Series Name/Journal: | Agronomy | ||||||
Year of publishing : | 2020 | ||||||
Volume: | 10 | ||||||
Article number: | 1844 | ||||||
Number of Pages: | 17 | ||||||
Publisher: | MDPI | ||||||
ISSN: | 2073-4395 | ||||||
Language: | English | ||||||
Publication Type: | Research article | ||||||
Article category: | Scientific peer reviewed | ||||||
Version: | Published version | ||||||
Copyright: | Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 | ||||||
Full Text Status: | Public | ||||||
Subjects: | (A) Swedish standard research categories 2011 > 4 Agricultural Sciences > 401 Agricultural, Forestry and Fisheries > Soil Science | ||||||
Keywords: | conservation tillage, micronutrients, nutrients accessibility, Aridisols, Yermosols, soil degradation, straw management practices, soil organic matter | ||||||
URN:NBN: | urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-110229 | ||||||
Permanent URL: | http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:slu:epsilon-p-110229 | ||||||
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ID Code: | 21775 | ||||||
Faculty: | NJ - Fakulteten för naturresurser och jordbruksvetenskap | ||||||
Department: | (NL, NJ) > Dept. of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden (VH) > Dept. of Agricultural Research for Northern Sweden | ||||||
Deposited By: | SLUpub Connector | ||||||
Deposited On: | 28 Jan 2021 06:43 | ||||||
Metadata Last Modified: | 28 Jan 2021 06:51 |
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